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Rajpal to lead India in Champions Challenge: sources

Sat, Nov 21 05:02 PM

Pune, Nov 21 (PTI) Rajpal Singh will lead India in the forthcoming Champions Challenge I hockey tournament to be held in Salta, Argentina from December 6-13, according to sources within the team. The sources said that the decision to give Rajpal the captaincy was taken unanimously at the team''s dinner meeting last night.

In the meeting, both the disgruntled players and chief coach Jose Brasa sorted out their differences and mutually decided that from now on the Spaniard would pick the skipper based on a player''s performance. The players in turn agreed to give in writing that they won''t interfere in his coaching methods.

"As per the decisions taken in the dinner meeting, Rajpal Singh has been retained as captain for the Champions Challenge tournament in Argentina. Brasa also gave an undertaking to the players in the presence of Indian coaches that for the future tournaments, he would pick the captain based on performance.

"In turn, the players had volunteered to give a signed letter in writing accepting the team meeting decisions and also Brasa''s coaching methods," sources within the team told PTI. A players'' revolt was brewing after Hockey India named Rajpal as the skipper of the eight-nation tournament in Argentina in place of Sandeep Singh, a decision from which it later retracted. More PTI RE SSC MRM.

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